A Blueprint for Transforming East Baton Rouge Parish School System

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East Baton Rouge Superintendent Bernard Taylor and district staff presented this document to board members, detailing his proposal to restructure the school system.

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A
 Blueprint
 for
 Transforming
 Achievement
 in
 East
 Baton
 Rouge
 Parish
 School
 System
 


 
4
 Guiding
 Principles
 

 
1. High
  Quality
  community
  options
  for
  all
  41,000+
  children
  enrolled
  in
  the
  East
 Baton
 
Rouge
 Parish
 School
 System.
 
 
2. Empowering
  communities
  to
  ensure
  equity
  of
  access
  to
  excellent
  schools
  in
  every
 
community.
 
3. Empowering
  school
  leaders
  to
  have
  site
  based
  decision-­‐making
  authority
  that
  are
 
critical
 to
 the
 success
 of
 all
 students.
 
4. Evolving
  control
  of
  functions,
  inclusive
  of
  decentralization,
  to
  ensure
  maximum
 
resources
 at
 a
 school/student
 level.
 

 
Objectives
 

 
High
 Quality
 community
 options
 for
 all
 41,000+
 children
 enrolled
 in
 the
 East
 Baton
 Rouge
 
Parish
 School
 System.
 

 
• The
  district
  will
  be
  subdivided
  into
  a
  minimum
  of
  5
  regions
  compromised
  of
 
families
 of
 schools.
 
 
• Create
  centers
  of
  excellence/
  academic
  service
  center
  within
  school
  families
 
focusing
 on
 literacy
 and
 numeracy
 within
 elementary
 grades.*
 
• A
  school
  that
  is
  consistently
  failing
  will
  be
  reorganized,
  closed,
  placed
  on
  a
 
management
 agreement
 or
 chartered
 (Type
 3).*
 
• The
  district
  shall
  partner
  with
  external
  providers
  to
  bring
  innovative
  ideas
  into
  the
 
schools.
 

 
Empowering
 communities
 to
 ensure
 equity
 of
 access
 to
 excellent
 schools
 in
 every
 
community.
 
• Children
  within
  a
  family
  of
  schools
  will
  be
  given
  first
  preference
  to
  attend
  any
 
school
 within
 their
 region
 (with
 the
 exception
 of
 magnets).
 *
 
• Magnet
 schools
 shall
 remain
 open
 to
 any
 and
 all
 students
 in
 the
 district.
 
• Each
 region
 shall
 have
 an
 advisory
 council
 comprised
 of
 X
 members
 who
 will
 help
 to
 
inform
 decisions
 related
 to
 regional
 leadership,
 principal
 selections,
 budgeting,
 and
 
activities.
 
• Create
 a
 minimum
 of
 2
 dedicated
 ELL
 centers
 within
 the
 district
 strategically
 placed
 
to
 serve
 the
 needs
 of
 this
 growing
 population.
 *
 

 
Empowering
 school
 leaders
 to
 have
 site
 based
 decision-­‐making
 authority
 that
 are
 critical
 to
 
the
 success
 of
 all
 students.
 

 
• The
  district
  will
  partner
  with
  local
  universities
  and
  national
  entities
  to
  design
  a
 
leadership-­‐training
  program
  for
  the
  district
  to
  ensure
  that
  school
  leaders
  have
  all
 
the
 knowledge
 and
 resources
 necessary
 to
 move
 students
 forward.
 


 

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Leaders
  shall
  be
  allowed
  to
  make
  building
  level
  decisions
  related
  to
  instruction,
 
technology,
  building
  level
  professional
  development,
  school-­‐level
  budget,
 
assessment,
 extracurricular
 activities,
 partnerships,
 fundraising,
 staff
 selection,
 and
 
program
 offerings.
 
All
 school
 leaders
 will
 be
 required
 to
 design
 school
 improvement
 plans,
 innovation
 
strategies,
  or
  site
  based
  administration
  plans
  to
  be
  implemented
  for
  which
  they
  will
 
be
 held
 accountable
 and
 incentivized.
 
 
District
  funding
  will
  be
  equitably
  distributed,
  in
  accordance
  with
  law
  and
  policy,
 
among
 all
 schools
 regardless
 of
 type
 (Magnet,
 Title
 I,
 etc.)
 
 
The
 district
 shall
 work
 with
 local
 and
 national
 entities
 to
 develop
 a
 talent
 strategy
 
for
 developing
 teachers
 in
 the
 district
 and
 identifying/
 training
 future
 teachers.
 
 
 


 

 
Evolving
 control
 of
 functions,
 inclusive
 of
 decentralization,
 to
 ensure
 maximum
 resources
 
at
 a
 school/student
 level.
 

 
• The
  district
  will
  consult
  with
  stakeholders
  to
  determine
  how
  best
  to
  decentralize
 
administrative
 oversight
 for
 each
 family
 of
 school.
 
 
• The
 District
 shall
 research
 and
 pursue
 opportunities
 to
 improve
 cost
 efficiency
 and
 
develop
  supplemental
  funding
  by
  reevaluating
  all
  central
  functions
  determine
  the
 
feasibility
 of
 services.
 
 

 
Items
 marked
 with
 *
 may
 have
 a
 budget
 impact.
 

 

 
Next
 Steps
 

 
• Develop
 details
 and
 timeline
 
• Conduct
 Board
 Workshop
 
 
• Conduct
 Community
 listening
 Workshops
 

 


 

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